Did Bill W Take The Steps?

I’ll hear once in a while someone say that Bill W did not take the steps, yet he stayed sober, which is proof that Bill is a hypocrite, and a real alcoholic does not really need AA or the steps to give up the sauce. That contains about as much logic as saying cake recipe won’t work because the chef who developed the recipe did not have the recipe to follow yet.

The fact is Bill W’s complete account of his own taking of the 12 steps are on pages 8 thru 14. What I read there is Bills recount, and claim, that he did indeed “do the work” that set him free from alcoholism. Even someone with the most casual recognition of the 12 steps can easily pick them out of these pages, all performed while Bill was still in Towns Hospital, with his sponsor, Ebby T, prior to the publishing of the Big Book.

In that hospital he did the work, had a spiritual awakening, the desire to drink was removed and he went on to help others do the same if they do the same. Simple.

Peace,

Danny S